Just got my new iPod Touch; Want to jailbreak it!

[dlock13]

I don't have the slightest clue on how to jailbreak my iPod. I've googled but haven't come up with any concrete options. I'm hoping ATOT can lead me the way!

First Apple product I have ever owned, and I'm damned sure it was a good choice.

I just want to hack it!

 

[aphex]

http://download.ziphone.org/

 

[dlock13]

Was it supposed to be that easy? I downloaded, opened, and clicked the iPod Touch button, and it worked? Is that all?

 

[ColdFusion718]

Originally posted by: aphex
http://download.ziphone.org/

Nice! This sure beats downgrading to 1.1.1 > jailbreak > upgrade to 1.1.2 > jailbreak again > run jailbreak 1.1.3 by dev team > 1.1.4 jailbreak.

Thanks!

 

[aphex]

Originally posted by: dlock13
Was it supposed to be that easy? I downloaded, opened, and clicked the iPod Touch button, and it worked? Is that all?

yeup!

 

[Kaido]

Originally posted by: dlock13
Was it supposed to be that easy? I downloaded, opened, and clicked the iPod Touch button, and it worked? Is that all?

Haha welcome to Mac hacking

 

[dlock13]

Originally posted by: Kaido

Originally posted by: dlock13
Was it supposed to be that easy? I downloaded, opened, and clicked the iPod Touch button, and it worked? Is that all?

Haha welcome to Mac hacking

Haha

So tell me what are some awesome apps to use? I want to download sketches, but I can't seem to find it in the app list for the life of me!

 

[Wonderful Pork]

from what I read ziphone works for iPhone firmware 1.1.4 as well, are there any chances of bricking the phone? From what I read the issues came about right at the firmware update....I'd like to try jailbreaking my phone to see what programs are out there.

thanks.

 

[Kaido]

Originally posted by: dlock13

Originally posted by: Kaido

Originally posted by: dlock13
Was it supposed to be that easy? I downloaded, opened, and clicked the iPod Touch button, and it worked? Is that all?

Haha welcome to Mac hacking

Haha

So tell me what are some awesome apps to use? I want to download sketches, but I can't seem to find it in the app list for the life of me!

http://forums.anandtech.com/me...y&keyword1=iphone+apps

 

[Kaido]

Originally posted by: Wonderful Pork
from what I read ziphone works for iPhone firmware 1.1.4 as well, are there any chances of bricking the phone? From what I read the issues came about right at the firmware update....I'd like to try jailbreaking my phone to see what programs are out there.

thanks.

There is always a chance of breaking your equipment any time you void the manufacturer's warranty. However, ZiPhone is the result of a almost a year's worth of iPhone hacking and works pretty dang well. Took less than a minute on both my phone and my wife's phone, both on 1.1.4. Everything is great

 

[Wonderful Pork]

Originally posted by: Kaido

Originally posted by: Wonderful Pork
from what I read ziphone works for iPhone firmware 1.1.4 as well, are there any chances of bricking the phone? From what I read the issues came about right at the firmware update....I'd like to try jailbreaking my phone to see what programs are out there.

thanks.

There is always a chance of breaking your equipment any time you void the manufacturer's warranty. However, ZiPhone is the result of a almost a year's worth of iPhone hacking and works pretty dang well. Took less than a minute on both my phone and my wife's phone, both on 1.1.4. Everything is great

I understand there's always a chance, but i'm glad to hear it worked for you. I'll try it once I get home.

Will it destroy my syncing/calendars/etc?

 

[bigrash]

Once a phone is jailbreaked, is it hard to restore to the original non-jailbreak version? Is it as easy as backing up before jailbreaking and reinstalling the backup?

 

[dlock13]

Originally posted by: bigrash
Once a phone is jailbreaked, is it hard to restore to the original non-jailbreak version? Is it as easy as backing up before jailbreaking and reinstalling the backup?

Actually, I had to unjailbreak mine for an app that wouldn't delete, and it was very easy. If you go to iTunes, just click 'Restore' and it redownloads the firmware and installs it again. It also asks if you would like to backup your iPod. It is simple and effective.

 

[Kmax82]

well... I wasn't going to jailbreak my iPod touch but I started looking at all those apps and really wanted to give this a shot. After I've jailbroken my iPod how do I get the apps on the system? I tried the included installer but I have no idea where it puts the apps after you install them?

 

[dlock13]

I wish there was a large tutorial on what I need to install first and such, but I've kind of figured it out. How do I customize the look? I tried installing Summerboard and nothing happens.

Also, I would like to know if anyone knows of a program to convert my AVI files to .mov or .mp4's without losing quality. I have WinAVI -> MP4, and all the videos I transferred look tremendously worse in quality. Should I have it resize them to fit the iPod Touch or what? I just want my videos to look as good as they do on here.

 

[aphex]

After jailbreaking, go into installer and install these three items first;

BSD Subsystem
Jiggy Runtime
Community Sources

That should give you the backend to get everything running as well as tons of additional programs

 

[dlock13]

Says I am running out of App space, what do I do? What is a simple way to fix this?

 

[Kmax82]

Originally posted by: dlock13
Says I am running out of App space, what do I do? What is a simple way to fix this?

Yea.. I'm getting this also, but I have 10 GB free.. so it's a bit odd.

 

[dlock13]

Originally posted by: Kmax82

Originally posted by: dlock13
Says I am running out of App space, what do I do? What is a simple way to fix this?

Yea.. I'm getting this also, but I have 10 GB free.. so it's a bit odd.

From what I understand, there are 2 separate partitions. 300 MB for the OS and the rest is for iPod.

I don't know what to do though.

 

[dlock13]

Let me repost my other post.

I wish there was a large tutorial on what I need to install first and such, but I've kind of figured it out. How do I customize the look? I tried installing Summerboard and nothing happens.

Also, I would like to know if anyone knows of a program to convert my AVI files to .mov or .mp4's without losing quality. I have WinAVI -> MP4, and all the videos I transferred look tremendously worse in quality. Should I have it resize them to fit the iPod Touch or what? I just want my videos to look as good as they do on here.

 

[y00ycdz]

Haven't seen this site mentioned yet... is it forbidden? hmm

anyways ... also check out modmyiphone.com ... forums/guides for iphone "hacking"

 

[Kmax82]

Originally posted by: dlock13
Let me repost my other post.

I wish there was a large tutorial on what I need to install first and such, but I've kind of figured it out. How do I customize the look? I tried installing Summerboard and nothing happens.

Also, I would like to know if anyone knows of a program to convert my AVI files to .mov or .mp4's without losing quality. I have WinAVI -> MP4, and all the videos I transferred look tremendously worse in quality. Should I have it resize them to fit the iPod Touch or what? I just want my videos to look as good as they do on here.

read aphex's post it explains what you need first and then all the other stuff will work.

 

[dlock13]

Originally posted by: Kmax82

Originally posted by: dlock13
Let me repost my other post.

I wish there was a large tutorial on what I need to install first and such, but I've kind of figured it out. How do I customize the look? I tried installing Summerboard and nothing happens.

Also, I would like to know if anyone knows of a program to convert my AVI files to .mov or .mp4's without losing quality. I have WinAVI -> MP4, and all the videos I transferred look tremendously worse in quality. Should I have it resize them to fit the iPod Touch or what? I just want my videos to look as good as they do on here.

read aphex's post it explains what you need first and then all the other stuff will work.

I meant the second part!

 

[TheStu]

Originally posted by: dlock13

Originally posted by: Kmax82

Originally posted by: dlock13
Let me repost my other post.

I wish there was a large tutorial on what I need to install first and such, but I've kind of figured it out. How do I customize the look? I tried installing Summerboard and nothing happens.

Also, I would like to know if anyone knows of a program to convert my AVI files to .mov or .mp4's without losing quality. I have WinAVI -> MP4, and all the videos I transferred look tremendously worse in quality. Should I have it resize them to fit the iPod Touch or what? I just want my videos to look as good as they do on here.

read aphex's post it explains what you need first and then all the other stuff will work.

I meant the second part!

Are you on Windows or a Mac?

If Mac, then iSquint or VisualHub will do it. iSquint is free.

For Windows.... i think there is an app called Videora that will get the job done.

 

[dlock13]

Originally posted by: TheStu

Originally posted by: dlock13

Originally posted by: Kmax82

Originally posted by: dlock13
Let me repost my other post.

I wish there was a large tutorial on what I need to install first and such, but I've kind of figured it out. How do I customize the look? I tried installing Summerboard and nothing happens.

Also, I would like to know if anyone knows of a program to convert my AVI files to .mov or .mp4's without losing quality. I have WinAVI -> MP4, and all the videos I transferred look tremendously worse in quality. Should I have it resize them to fit the iPod Touch or what? I just want my videos to look as good as they do on here.

read aphex's post it explains what you need first and then all the other stuff will work.

I meant the second part!

Are you on Windows or a Mac?

If Mac, then iSquint or VisualHub will do it. iSquint is free.

For Windows.... i think there is an app called Videora that will get the job done.

I'm on Windows. I tried Videora, and it seems to want to ENLARGE the file. I leave it at default settings, and it decides to jump from 700 mb to 1.6 GBs. The one went from 950 MBs to 2.37 GBs. :

That is AVI to MP4.